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Curfew declared in Chadian towns after least 60 people killed in protests

A nighttime curfew has been declared in four Chadian cities after the military violently repressed banned protests took place on Thursday (20 October), killing at least 60 people, injuring nearly 300. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities after hundreds across Chad took to the streets to demand a quicker […]

Parlacen reaffirms support for Morocco’s Autonomy Initiative for Sahara

The Central American Parliament (Parlacen) reaffirmed, in San Salvador, its support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative for the Sahara, as well as for the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty. In a resolution unanimously adopted during a General Assembly meeting on Wednesday, Parlacen expresses its support for the autonomy plan presented by Morocco as “the only […]

New York Times Decries Algeria’s Authoritarian Crackdown on Free Speech

The New York Times has recently decried in an editorial the restrictions imposed by the Algerian military regime on free speech and the ill-treatment reserved to journalists and media outlets that venture to voice opposition to the government. The editorial, entitled “Extinguishing Free Expression in Algeria,” deplored the death on December 11 of Tamalt, an […]